10th Feb 2005 10:22
10 February 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received a notice dated 7 February 2005 from an official ofBarclays PLC, the extract of which is as follows:"I hereby inform you that as at 4 February 2005, Barclays PLC, through thelegal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest inthe capital of your Company of 10.11%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 10,276,173 shares notified on 7 February2005 to 17,213,026 shares which equates to 10.11% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 04 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,213,026 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 175,258 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,720 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 412,365 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 90,186 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 515,293 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 603,365 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 83,545 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 33,920 Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,128 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 95,774 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 45,723 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 70,297 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 11,617 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 92,785 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 27,842 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 22,082 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 61,979 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 163,356 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 269,755 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 7,185,521 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 189,640 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 72,508 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 11,903 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 18,911 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 60,843 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 254,777 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 110,341 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 64,378 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 153,450 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 15,098 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 6,463 CITIBANK 6010613363 81,735 CITIBANK 6010640794 43,961 CITIBANK 6010782807 55,348 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 108,043 HSBC 813168 132,679 HSBC 814537 13,446 HSBC 845315 3,371 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,965 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,969 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 39,119 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,176 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 137,232 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 398,704 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 60,089 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 115,502 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,242 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 43,899 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 90,583 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,832,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 108,366 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 46,733 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 149,936 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 29,219 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 84,007 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 35,269 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 105,276 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 112,142 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 529,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 51,111 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 41,442 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 31,580 JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,725 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,652 JPMorgan Chase Bank 25,536 JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,351 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 295,573 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 18,249 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 20,931 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 26,651 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 239,559 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,952 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 179,394 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 53,330 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 55,400 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 33,590 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 36,779 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 305,959 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 29,337 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 7,065 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 34,312 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 750 STATE STREET 2RJ2 25,261 STATE STREET JD12 80,425 STATE STREET N3B6 44,928 STATE STREET N3YZ 11,443 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,421 Group Holding 17,213,026 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 04 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,213,026 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 31,580 0.0185 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 1,421 0.0008 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,384,401 5.5109 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 721,924 0.4239 Gerrard Ltd 1,050 0.0006 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 411,315 0.2415 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 2,128 0.0012 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 913,175 0.5363 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,621,768 3.3013 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 124,264 0.073 Group Holding 17,213,026 10.1080ENDRelated Shares:
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